Beyondspace’s 2025 Mid-Year Check-In

At the start of 2025, everything felt like it was finally clicking.

January was the strongest month ever for Beyondspace — traffic peaked, sales were up, and my inbox was full of people building beautiful Squarespace sites and wanting more from them. I had just wrapped up a year of foundational work, and it felt like I was shifting into growth mode.

Then… the world got noisy again.

Between the ongoing ripples from the U.S. elections, tariff chaos, and what feels like a new global distraction every week, I started noticing my attention drifting. Some mornings I was fully dialed in — crossing off to-dos, fixing bugs, writing docs. Other days, I’d find myself jumping between browser tabs, forgetting what I even opened them for.

And I know I’m not alone. Every time a major global event hits, I notice the shift. People’s focus shifts. Clients pause. Energy gets scattered.

Still, even in the noise, progress happened. Sometimes slowly. Often quietly. But meaningfully.

Staying Grounded with Milestones That Mattered

Even while the world was loud, I was quietly building. These weren’t flashy launches — they were the kinds of things that keep a business running and slowly level it up.

→ Beyondspace is now officially a U.S. LLC.
As a non-U.S. founder, this took months of paperwork and waiting, but it unlocked the ability to use Stripe, streamline taxes, and make the business feel more real.

→ I handled nearly 500 client tickets.
That number (496 to be exact) came from my new helpdesk system powered by BoldDesk. Most of those tickets ended with satisfied customers — and that matters more to me than any sales number.

→ Ground Control is now on over 1,800 domains.
According to BuiltWith, which only catches a portion of active installs, that’s how many sites are using my plugin management tool. The real number is higher — but even that partial count is a milestone.

→ The newsletter keeps growing.
Over 1,900 subscribers and 49 campaigns sent this year (yep, exactly 49 at the time of writing). That’s thousands of emails, and they’ve become my favorite way to connect, reflect, and share what I’ve learned.

When Squarespace Moves, So Must We

If you’ve been building on Squarespace this year, you’ve felt the shift.

In 2025 alone, they’ve rolled out major updates to the product page (PDP), a new code injection panel location (again!), and new controls for managing portfolios and calendars.

I’ve worked hard to stay in step. Highlights:

• Released Draftify Portfolio as soon as Squarespace allowed drafts on portfolio projects.

• Updated the Lightbox Studio plugin to stay compatible with the new PDP/PLP update announced for August 30.

• Kept Squarespace Datepicker current, including support for changing the start day of the week.

• Launched Synced Blocks, one of my most requested features — reusable content blocks that actually work across your site.

It’s a lot to keep up with as a solo dev. But every release brings Beyondspace closer to the kind of toolkit I wish I had when I started.

Finding Sanity in the Chat Log

One quiet win I’m especially proud of: learning to listen better.

This year, I leaned into using DocsBot — an AI chatbot trained on Beyondspace documentation. At first, it was just a support tool. But I realized the logs were a goldmine. Every user question became a clue: “What are people trying to do? Where are they stuck? What’s missing from the docs?”

Instead of guessing what to write next or doing hours of keyword research, I started answering real questions with blog posts and updates. It’s made content creation less of a grind — and a lot more human.

What’s Been Pulling You Off Track?

While I’m proud of what I’ve shipped this year, I’m still wondering the same thing I asked in my July newsletter:

““What’s been pulling you off track this year — and just as importantly, what’s helped you find your way back?””

We’re all building in unpredictable times. But we’re still building.

So if you’ve found something that helped — a small habit, a mindset shift, a tool — I’d love to hear about it. Really. Just reply or send me a note.

We can’t control the noise. But we can keep creating through it.